{"product_id":"medical-sociology-paperback","title":"Medical Sociology - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam C. Cockerham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most comprehensive major academic textbook available on its topic, this classic text presents the most important research studies in the field. The author integrates engaging first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health-care providers throughout the text. Since the book's inception, its principal goal has been to introduce students to the field of medical sociology and serve as a reference for faculty by presenting the most current ideas, issues, concepts, themes, theories, and research findings in the field. This 16th edition is heavily revised, with updated data and important new additions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew to this edition: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUpdated chapter on the social causes, impacts, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic (Chapter 3)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnalysis of the widening ten-year gap in average life expectancy in American society between the wealthy and well-educated and the poor and less-educated (Chapter 4)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExpanded discussion of the effects of racism on physical and mental health (Chapter 6)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdditions to health lifestyle theory of pandemic behavior and the digitalization of society (Chapter 8)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew developments in doctor-patient interaction, including the use of genomic data and artificial intelligence (AI) technology in medical care (Chapter 10)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe endangered Affordable Care Act (Chapter 16)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReview of key issues in different types of health-care delivery systems (Chapter 17)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam C. Cockerham\u003c\/strong\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He previously held a joint appointment in sociology and psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is past President of the Research Committee on Health Sociology of the International Sociological Association, and formerly served on the editorial boards of the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sociological Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Health and Social Behavior\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSociety and Mental Health\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSocial Currents\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. Dr. Cockerham has published numerous peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and is author or editor of 20 books. His most recent books from Routledge include \u003ci\u003eSociology of Mental Disorder \u003c\/i\u003e(2024), \u003ci\u003eSociological Theories of Health and Illness \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), and \u003ci\u003eThe COVID-19 Reader: The Science and What It Says About the Social \u003c\/i\u003e(2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.69 x 6.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47748528996601,"sku":"9781032907864","price":170.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vWKBArZ8ZC9781032907864.webp?v=1775061376","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/medical-sociology-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}